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GEMA is launching an all new digital newsroom platform in order to share news and media related to African healthcare. Stay on the look out for the launch of GEMA's Newsroom! Boston College Student Wins $2,500 to Innovate Medical Care in Africa with a Smartphone
Sarah Fisher - When Loic Assobmo was six, his mother had a stroke. In his native Cameroon, medical care was hard to access, so she was unable to get a clear diagnosis or the medical care she needed. The family raised money to join Assobmo’s father and relocate to the states so she could be properly treated, leaving their friends and family behind...(read more) Brockton High graduate launches public health initiative in Africa
By Maria Papadopoulos The Enterprise Posted Apr. 5, 2014 @ 10:27 pm Updated Apr 5, 2014 at 10:32 PM BROCKTON – Loic Assobmo remembers when he was just 6 years old, living in his native Cameroon, and his mother had a stroke. His family and neighbors didn’t know what to do, Assobmo said. They lived in a rural area in west-central Africa, more than an hour away from the closest hospital. His mother, Grace, stayed home and did not get immediate medical attention. “It took about three days for her to get the money to get her to a hospital,” Assobmo, now 21, a Boston College junior who is studying to become a doctor, recalled Thursday. (Click here to read more). Boston College Undergraduate Aims to Help Rural African Communities Deal with Dangerous Diseases
For Loic Assobmo ’15, launching an initiative to provide public health information to rural Africans isn’t simply about social entrepreneurship. For him, it’s personal. The biology major spent spring break in his native Cameroon, meeting with doctors and businesses to discuss his idea of using smart phones to deliver public health information to residents and villages without access to doctors and often hundreds of miles from the nearest hospital. “There needs to be a way to empower people to recognize the illnesses that can harm them,” said Assobmo, “and to provide them with resources to understand an illness and to take care of themselves, or family or friends.” (Click here to read more) |